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Tuesday, December 20, 2016

December Things

Only five days until Christmas - this season has flown by per usual. We've tried to get in as many of our favorite Christmas events as usual...

Christmas blooms

Always a fun way to start the day

We've spent a lot of time like this

Christmas Lights Night:

We set out last week to look at Christmas lights with hot chocolate in hand. We went to dinner then passed through a couple neighborhoods close by before finishing up at the park which was all lit up.

Christmas Tree Farm:

We have a fake tree but next year in the new house I can't wait to do a real and a fake one. We went with our friends to get theirs and scooped up a huge poinsettia to go next to our tree and another fresh arrangement - at least that gives us the pine needle smell without the tree.

Family Christmas Dinner:

Mid December we all meet up at Maggiano's for a family Christmas dinner. This is our third year doing it and it's becoming one of my favorite traditions - always such a cozy place at the holidays.

Stella & Santa:

Completely unnecessary but I love it. We waited in line a couple weeks ago for Stella to meet Santa and she jumped right up into his lap and sat right down.

Christmas Cheer Making:

Mmm our holiday cocktail - we made our batch of "Christmas Cheer" weekend before last and it'll be ready for drinking this week - I can't wait!

Holiday Happy Hour:

Since it's our last Christmas in the house, I wanted to make sure we got some hosting done. We had some friends over for a festive happy hour and are looking forward to hosting a family night over break.

Christmas Cards:

Tiny Prints address option made getting these sent out a breeze this year - I'll share our card on Friday!

A big thanks to case app - these little stickers were the best for sealing envelopes. We also used them on a few presents and I'm going to use them on some cookie trays too.

SO much holiday goodness. I'm jealous! Ryan and I haven't gotten to do hardly anything this season because of how crazy other things have been. I hope that we get out to see the lights in the next few days. It looks like your park display is amazing!

So much Christmas cheer and spirit! I love your tree and that Stella got to hang with Santa and get into the festiveness. I need to take my family to see some local light shows. I also just bought a few poinsettias to decorate the house since those are always a Christmas tradition for us :-)